How Desi Mobile Became Montreal's Most-Found Mobile Repair Brand Through 18 Months of Integrated Growth
A trusted neighborhood phone repair shop with strong word-of-mouth was invisible in search. We built an integrated growth engine, SEO, Google Ads, Meta Ads, content, and video, that compounded for 18 months straight. The result: 513% keyword growth, 382% impression lift, and ranking dominance for the queries that actually convert.
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Keyword Rankings
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Search Impressions
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Search Clicks
The challenge: Loyal following, quiet digital presence
Desi Mobile built its reputation on fast turnarounds, fair pricing, and the kind of reliability that gets you texted to a friend's group chat. Walk-in foot traffic was healthy. The five-star reviews were already there. But when someone outside their immediate neighborhood searched "phone unlocking near me" or "iPhone screen repair Montreal," Desi Mobile didn't show up. Their online presence was fragmented: thin keyword coverage, an underutilized Google Business Profile, no schema markup, no content engine, and no paid distribution behind any of it. They didn't need one service fixed. They needed the entire growth stack built and run in parallel: search visibility, paid acquisition, social presence, and video content, all working together for the long haul.
The programme
Our approach: Three pillars, one integrated system
SEO + Local + Content
Pillar 01
Landing pages + GBP + technical SEO
Programmatic landing pages around city + service combinations. Monthly long-form content targeting commercial-intent queries. Schema markup, technical SEO, and GBP optimization that put Desi Mobile in front of customers at the moment of need.
Google Ads + Meta Ads
Pillar 02
Search + social, intent-first
Search Ads on high-intent device-specific queries (iPhone screen, Samsung unlock, water damage). Performance Max for prospecting. Facebook and Instagram Ads reaching local audiences before they even searched.
Content + Video Engine
Pillar 03
Reels + TikTok + YouTube Shorts
Monthly short-form video driving Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. Every video doubled as paid creative for Meta Ads. Content calendar timed with seasonal repair surges.
Delivered
What we delivered
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Local SEO + Google Business Profile management
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80+ original blog posts (EN + FR)
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Programmatic landing pages (city × service combinations)
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Google Search Ads + Performance Max campaigns
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Facebook, Instagram + Meta Ads (video-first creative)
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Short-form video: Reels, TikTok + YouTube Shorts
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Schema markup + local citation building
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Monthly reporting + strategy sessions
the Outcome
The results: From invisible to Montreal's most-found mobile repair brand
Organic growth: from 0 to 1,550+ ranking keywords
Desi Mobile entered Month 1 with no organic presence. By Month 6, they were ranking for 240+ keywords. By Month 18, that number had grown to 1,550+ — covering every major device type, repair category, and Montreal neighbourhood.
Paid performance: 4.7x blended ROAS across 18 months
Google Ads delivered a 4.1x ROAS on high-intent device-specific queries. Meta Ads, running video-first creative built from the same short-form content, added a 5.4x blended ROAS. Combined, paid averaged 4.7x across the full 18-month program.
The compound effect: efficiency improved as organic scaled
As organic traffic compounded, paid CAC dropped. By Month 12, paid spend was 22% more efficient than Month 1 — because branded and informational searches were captured organically, leaving paid to focus exclusively on the highest-converting, bottom-of-funnel repair queries.
The engagement
How it happened, month by month
Month 1–2
SEO audit, GBP optimization, keyword research, and technical fixes. Google Ads account architecture built. Content calendar mapped.
Month 3–4
First programmatic landing pages live. Google Search Ads launched on device-specific repair queries. Short-form video production begins. GBP posting cadence live.
Month 5–8
Performance Max scaled with proven creative. Meta Ads added with video-first creative. 60+ new keywords ranking. ROAS stabilizes at 4.1x.
Month 9–18
Full compounding effect. 1,550+ keywords ranking. 382% more search impressions. 4.7x blended ROAS. Desi Mobile established as Montreal's go-to mobile repair brand.
We went from invisible in search to ranking for over 1,500 keywords and running ads that actually pay for themselves. Popnest didn't just run campaigns — they built a growth machine.
— Desi Mobile
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long did it take to see results from the SEO work?
Keyword rankings started appearing in Month 3. By Month 6, Desi Mobile was ranking for 240+ keywords. The real acceleration happened between Months 9–18 as the content library and backlink profile compounded.
How did you measure ROAS across both Google and Meta?
Cross-channel attribution was set up from Month 1 — phone call tracking, form submissions, and GBP direction requests mapped to ad spend. Google Ads averaged 4.1x, Meta averaged 5.4x on video-first creative, blending to 4.7x overall.
Can a single-location repair shop do a program like this?
Yes. The economics work for single-location shops too — we'd recommend starting with the SEO + GBP foundation before layering paid. Most of the organic compounding happens in months 3–12 regardless of location count.
What made the biggest difference over 18 months?
Integration. Running SEO, paid ads, and video content in parallel created a compounding effect none of them could achieve alone. Organic covered brand and research queries; paid captured the bottom of funnel; video fed both as creative and as organic content.
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